Can CAM3.0 output sulfate, carbanaceous aerosols concentration?

[97313440@alumni_cityu_edu_hk]

Hi,

I am new about the CAM model. Referred to Section 4.8.3 of the manual "Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0)", it seems to me that CAM3.0 model can predict time-dependent distribution of aerosol (e.g. sulfate, soil dust, etc.). I wonder if the model can output these chemical species over a particular area, e.g. Asia, on a particular day. That is, I can regard CAM3.0 as a chemical transport model.

Could anyone tell me about this?

Thanks.

KM

 

[rneale]

it is possible to output these species on any particular day over any particular region, but as a caution this is only as good as the emission/concentration data that is used. The standard versions of this data tend to be applied as interpolated monthly means within a repeating annual cycle.